Randy Rhoads
Born: : December 6, 1956
Began Guitar: Age 6 1/2
First Band : Formed Quiet Riot at age 16
Rhoads tried out for the guitar position in ex-Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne's solo band. Rhoads was hired before he even played a note because he "looked the part."
Osbourne's first solo release, 1980's Blizzard of Ozz, has become one of hard rock/heavy metal's greatest releases of all-time, largely due in part to Rhoads' fiery playing. Rhoads was finally getting his due as a guitarist (he just won the Best New Guitarist award from Guitar Player magazine), when he was killed in a freak airplane accident while on tour in Florida on the morning of March 19, 1982.
RIP Rhoads: 1982
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